11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting

115111 Cotton Ginning

115112 Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing a soil preparation activity or crop production service, such as plowing, fertilizing, seed bed preparation, planting, cultivating, and crop protecting services.

Mulching and seeding burned forests from the air in support of reforestation or on an emergency basis are classified in Industry 115310, Support Activities for Forestry;

Land clearing, land leveling, and earth moving for terracing, ponds, and irrigation are classified in Industry 238910, Site Preparation Contractors.

Providing water for irrigation are classified in Industry 221310, Water Supply and Irrigation Systems.

115113 Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mechanical harvesting, picking, and combining of crops, and related activities. The machinery used is provided by the servicing establishment.

Providing personnel for manual harvesting are classified in U.S. Industry 115115, Farm Labor Contractors and Crew Leaders.

Providing farm management services (i.e., on a contract or fee basis) and arranging or contracting crop mechanical or manual harvesting operations for the farm(s) they manage are classified in U.S. Industry 115116, Farm Management Services.

115114 Postharvest Crop Activities

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing services on crops, subsequent to their harvest, with the intent of preparing them for market or further processing. These establishments provide postharvest activities, such as crop cleaning, sun drying, shelling, fumigating, curing, sorting, grading, packing, and cooling.

Ginning cotton are classified in U.S. Industry 115111, Cotton Ginning;

Custom grain grinding for animal feed are classified in U.S. Industry 311119, Other Animal Food Manufacturing;

Artificially drying and dehydrating fruits and vegetables are classified in U.S. Industry 311423, Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing;

Stemming and redrying tobacco are classified in Industry 312230, Tobacco Manufacturing;

Buying farm products for resale to other wholesalers or retailers and preparing them for market or further processing are classified in Industry 424480, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers.

Providing farm management services (i.e., on a contract or fee basis) and arranging or contracting postharvesting crop activities for the farm(s) they manage are classified in U.S. Industry 115116, Farm Management Services.

115115 Farm Labor Contractors and Crew Leaders

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in supplying labor for agricultural production or harvesting.

Providing machine harvesting are classified in U.S. Industry 115113, Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine.

Providing farm management services (i.e., on a contract or fee basis) and arranging or contracting farm labor for the farm(s) they manage are classified in U.S. Industry 115116, Farm Management Services.

115116 Farm Management Services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing farm management services on a contract or fee basis usually to citrus groves, orchards, or vineyards. These establishments always provide management and may arrange or contract for the partial or the complete operations of the farm establishment(s) they manage. Operational activities may include cultivating, harvesting, and/or other specialized agricultural support activities.

Establishments primarily engaged in crop production that are generally known as farms, orchards, groves, or vineyards (including tenant farms), are classified in the appropriate crop industry within Subsector 111, Crop Production.

115210 Support Activities for Animal Production

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing support activities related to raising livestock (e.g., cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry, sheep). These establishments may perform one or more of the following: (1) breeding services for animals, including companion animals (e.g., cats, dogs, pet birds); (2) pedigree record services; (3) boarding horses; (4) dairy herd improvement activities; (5) livestock spraying; and (6) sheep dipping and shearing.

Establishments primarily engaged in raising companion animals (e.g., cats, dogs, pet birds) for sale are classified in Industry 112990, All Other Animal Production.

115310 Support Activities for Forestry

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing particular support activities related to timber production, wood technology, forestry economics and marketing, and forest protection. These establishments may provide support activities for forestry, such as estimating timber, forest firefighting, forest pest control, treating burned forests from the air for reforestation or on an emergency basis, and consulting on wood attributes and reforestation.

Public administration and conservation of forest lands are classified in Industry 924120, Administration of Conservation Programs.

Individual activities as part of a restoration project are classified according to the primary activity.